About the Authors

Roger B. J. Benson

roger.benson@earth.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mark Evans

Affiliation New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester Arts and Museums Service, Leicester, United Kingdom

Adam S. Smith

Affiliation Nottingham Natural History Museum, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Judyth Sassoon

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Scott Moore-Faye

Affiliation Wavecut Platform Ltd., Sevenoaks, United Kingdom

Hilary F. Ketchum

Affiliations University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Richard Forrest

Affiliation Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

SM-F is director of Wavecut Platform Ltd., which received payment for preparation of DORCM 13,675. This did not influence the authors' objectivity or the validity of research, analysis, and interpretations in this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBJB ME RF HFK SM-F JS ASS. Performed the experiments: RBJB ME RF HFK SM-F JS ASS. Analyzed the data: RBJB ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RBJB SM-F. Wrote the paper: RBJB ME RF HFK SM-F JS ASS.